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Post by joyrock on May 25, 2009 21:47:05 GMT
NOTE: Adult language abounds in this clip. Now, most do not know that Dr. Timothy Leary was a high Magus of the Golden Dawn tradition. Aside from that as a Post-Modern Freemason I find much of what he has to say of wonderful fluidity. I am not a fan of the interviewer Paul Krassner, but this is of still of use. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-KAmpXsdUEFraternally,
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Post by joyrock on May 25, 2009 20:24:09 GMT
This is very important. We urge all Masons to participate.
Fraternally,
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Post by joyrock on May 25, 2009 20:21:06 GMT
Welcome to the forum. I will be happy to assist you however I can.
Fraternally,
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Post by joyrock on May 25, 2009 20:18:57 GMT
In regards to visiting our lodge this would only really be a possibility during our ritual work. Our stated meetings would require a visitor full access to the lodge and that just will not happen if not a member.
With that being said the protocol would be to get in contact with our lodge secretary and that happens to be me. We would have to arrange a communication with at least three members. If all of those communications come back positive a vote is taken as to the request in an open lodge meeting. If returned affirmative then we will notify the respected party as to the next steps.
When it comes to us visiting other lodges seeing how we are largley un-recognized it is a problem. Now, a few lodges have been liberal and that is appreciated. All of our members can stand for and pass any examination that would correspond with their own degree of achievement.
Fraternally,
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Post by joyrock on May 24, 2009 18:57:43 GMT
my malecraft Lodge uses an organ. unfortunately they tend to play things like "Take Me out to the Ball Game" or "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" during the ritual. it's not ALWAYS that goofy but it's never what i would call solemn. i would actually like to hear real meditative drone music used in ritual as when it is composed correctly it can be quite powerful. there are many different tones and frequencies which can do different things. i've been working on some pieces of this "space music" that are composed using various metaphysical mathematical and tonal concepts. i use them for meditation but would love to one day put together a piece for the specific purpose of enhancing Masonic ritual. would take some trial and error but i do think it can be done. maat: way coolness on the Tibetan bowls! and i think it's just awesome that your Lodge allows for this kind of expression. i couldn't imagine the looks i'd get if i suggested that. it's a shame because as you said they do produce quite well. I have witnessed this type of thing. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "Camptown Races" where two that outlined the clownish and mocking behaviour of that lodge. Those Initiated where robbed of anything meaningful that day. We do use music that is appropriate for the chamber. Fraternally,
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Post by joyrock on May 24, 2009 18:53:09 GMT
We have clearly laid out in our blog a piece on this very subect by WPGH Robert Ambelain. Please feel free to read it. Now, may some disagree? Sure. Do we care? No. Napoleon Bonaparte's Masonic affiliation is not the focus of our lodge or it's work. Fraternally,
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Post by joyrock on May 18, 2009 17:44:45 GMT
FYI: We have updated our website to include our blog as well as our Outer Court discussion group. All are welcome. Fraternally,
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Post by joyrock on May 15, 2009 17:17:12 GMT
It does depend on the Order and the Ritual used. For an example; the Grande Loge of Memphis Misraim Mixed seeing how they use the MM ritual they do have Triangle ritual avalible. That means that they can IPR candidates. That is assuming of course that all three members are Master Masons.
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Post by joyrock on May 15, 2009 17:12:33 GMT
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Post by joyrock on Apr 24, 2009 0:24:09 GMT
Just because your Obedience isn't recognized by another doesn't mean it isn't regular. In fact, I'd be very startled if your Obedience said it is not regular. I think we have some Japanese Brethren who hang in these parts. I also know of at least one active on another forum that I might be able to get visit here. Please enjoy your time in Tokyo I believe that you both are on the same page. Keep in mind the language difference.
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Post by joyrock on Apr 20, 2009 0:37:02 GMT
The triangle is a common working amongst the Franco Masonic world. In fact most Franco rituals include what is called a "triangle working" for just such an occasion.
We where lucky. We thought we would have to start as a Triangle but as it turns out we had enough out of the gate to become a full lodge.
Triangles aren't always tree MM's by the way. They can be three EA's. just able to Enter not Pass or Raise. For those functions they would call on the nearest full lodge.
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Post by joyrock on Apr 19, 2009 18:04:02 GMT
Deanna Troy was delicious. ;D
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Post by joyrock on Apr 19, 2009 18:01:03 GMT
To present yourself in a professional manner is always a good bet.
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Post by joyrock on Apr 11, 2009 19:55:33 GMT
From his accession into the imperial purple, Napoleon Bonaparte was always proclaimed and considered to be a genuine Freemason in his lifetime, as where his father, his brothers and his Marshals. lodgenapoleon.blogspot.com/
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Post by joyrock on Apr 10, 2009 22:49:13 GMT
From his accession into the imperial purple, Napoleon Bonaparte was always proclaimed and considered to be a genuine Freemason in his lifetime, as where his father, his brothers and his Marshals. lodgenapoleon.blogspot.com/
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Post by joyrock on Apr 8, 2009 20:11:13 GMT
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Post by joyrock on Apr 7, 2009 0:43:35 GMT
‘Spinozist’ used to be what ‘Postmodernist’ is now, the worst thing one intellectual could call another. For reasons explained in Jonathan Israel’s fascinating The Radical Enlightenment,[/li][li] there was, in 1680, a simple litmus test for intellectual and moral responsibility. You failed this test if you believed, as Spinoza did, that motion is intrinsic to matter, for that would imply that God didn’t have to give it a nudge. From there it is a short step to Spinoza’s conclusion that ‘God’s decrees and commandments, and consequently God’s Providence are, in truth, nothing but Nature’s order.’ In those days, if you defended the absurdly counter-intuitive claim that matter could move all by itself, it was clear you could hardly be expected to have any moral scruples or intellectual conscience. You were frivolously dissolving the social glue that held Christendom together. You represented the same sort of danger to moral and intellectual virtue as Arians had posed, in the days of St Augustine, by arguing that although Christ was certainly of a similar substance to the Father, he could hardly be the same substance." www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n21/rort01_.html
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Post by joyrock on Apr 7, 2009 0:38:57 GMT
Y'all have my support. Go to it, enjoy it, and I hope that you grow from it. You are correct. As long as your model is working for you, keep at it. Brandt Thank you Bro.Brandt. Support is always appreciated.
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Post by joyrock on Apr 6, 2009 18:04:41 GMT
Frater Raum Could I ask you a question please, if you cannot answer I understand. This is not a trick question in any way! When you say you self chartered (A concept I am very familiar with) Does this mean you start from scratch just working the Ritual of The Rite of Misraim? Or can you trace any line back from your starting point? For Instance I am aware in UK of two lines of M & M which include both Misraim and Memphis as well. I actually 'safe keep' one of these lines. Bro.Middlepillar, We work the Rite of Misraim first published in 1820. We don't claim any lineage other than the fact that we work the original Rite of Misraim ritual. We did have to start from scratch, home brewed if you will.
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Post by joyrock on Apr 6, 2009 18:02:07 GMT
For all the whinging I hear from your average mason about their GL and GLs in general, I'm amazed more brethren haven't taken this option. A very astute observation Bro.Andy. The turth is that many of us tried to work within others frameworks and everytime we found something major that we just didn't like. We all our fans of Post-Moderns like Sarte and Nietzsche. One day we all came to the same conclusion "why do we have to play the game by anyone else's rules?" The answer was. "we don't!" The thing is there are more independent lodges than you think. When we made a trip to Europe while we were figuring out what path to take we found more independent lodges than we could visit. France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland etc. all has a thriving community of independents. Those made it all the more clear our course of action. I want to emphasize that it is not an easy road. It can be a lonely one. We have all encountered bad attitudes even harassment at times. Our idea was rather than fight to be included recognize and embrace the exclusion. If others do not wish to treat us as Brothers so be it. We realize that to concentrate on that which we do not control is a waste of both time and effort. We are lucky to be living in the day and age we are. We have access to all that we need from the past with the technology to make it accessible to future audiences. It is our position that a physical lodge building while a source of comfort and security can also become an anchor around our necks. We do not see the need to lay out the expense of a lodge building in order to the pass the buck to our membership just wasn’t going to happen. We also want to service seekers, in the past if you happened to be a seeker in an odd location you where pretty much out of luck. With all of this technology at our fingertips that can bridge the information gap and bring us together why should anyone be locked out? Have any of you tried Skype? It is amazing. We just had a Lodge of Instruction and none of us where in the same state and four of us where in different countries. I can tell you all of from experience that is just amazing. What we do may not be for everybody. There will no doubt be the usual hecklers from the balcony. I say let them have at it. What we do we do for ourselves? As long as our work continues to progress that is what is really important.
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